Darling Lili (1970)

Darling Lili (1970) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 2&4 )

Running Time:
137 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1970 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Blake Edwards

Written By:
Blake Edwards
William Peter Blatty

Actors:
Julie Andrews ..... Lili Smith (Schmidt)
Rock Hudson ..... Major William Larrabee
Jeremy Kemp ..... Colonel Kurt Von Ruger
Lance Percival ..... T.C. Carstairs
Michael Witney ..... Lt. George 'Youngblood' Carson
Gloria Paul ..... Crepe Suzette
Jacques Marin ..... Major Duvalle
André Maranne ..... Lt. Liggett
Bernard Kay ..... Bedford
Doreen Keogh ..... Emma
Carl Duering ..... General Kessler
Vernon Dobtcheff ..... Otto Kraus
Laurie Main ..... French General
Louis Mercier ..... French General
Arthur Gould-Porter ..... Sergeant Wells

Synopsis:

Julie Andrews made a bid to change her squeaky clean image with this elaborately mounted World War I musical. Lili Smith (Andrews) is a popular British music hall singer who is regarded as a femme fatale and has been known to throw a bit of striptease into her act. However, Lili has a secret: she's actually a German spy, and the uncle she dotes upon is really Von Ruger (Jeremy Kemp), a fellow espionage agent and her contact for the Huns. In hopes of gaining valuable information, Lili begins using her feminine wiles on Maj. William Larrabee (Rock Hudson), a top American pilot. However, Lili soon discovers that she's falling in love with Larrabee and can't find the courage to betray him; Larrabee discovers Lili's secret, but he refuses to turn her in.

Set during World War I, the film centers on Lili Smith (Julie Andrews), a popular British music hall performer who is regarded as a femme fatale. She is actually a German spy, and the uncle she dotes upon is really Colonel Kurt Von Ruger (Jeremy Kemp), a fellow spy and her contact with the German military. In hopes of gaining valuable information, Lili begins using her feminine wiles on Major William Larrabee (Rock Hudson), a top American pilot. However, Lili soon falls in love with Larrabee and cannot find the courage to betray him. When Larrabee discovers Lili's secret, he refuses to turn her in.

Set in Paris during World War I. Lili Smith/Schmidt is a German spy being requested to go under cover to help Germany during the war, to try and find out their plans. Her "uncle" wishes her to fulfill the operation, whereas one of his colleagues believed she is not capable of performing such an operation as she is British. She soon finds herself following Major William Larrabee's every move and spending all her time either with him or thinking of him. Her "uncle" realises she's in love with him but Lili is not facing that she is. Things & people are coming between her true fate. But what is it...

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 28 May, 2021.